67: I can't bear to see my schoolmate suffer

A black plastic bag landed at the little boy's feet.

The bag wasn't sealed tightly, and inside, hot dogs and bagged milk could be seen.

The little boy immediately picked up the bag and hid it under his covers, wanting to say thank you.

Jiang Fei, from a distance, withdrew her gaze as if she had done nothing at all.

The little boy, sensing the situation, closed his mouth, buried his head in the covers, and secretly ate the hot dog.

Jiang Fei was a little surprised by the little boy's perceptiveness.

He's quite smart.

It's just that he's too young.

In the apocalypse, people struggle to survive, and raising a child... the thought alone is terrifying.

The third floor of the guesthouse was uninhabitable, so Xu Qianyao told everyone to move their quilts and choose empty rooms upstairs to stay in.

As for the little boy, he was entrusted to a male team member.

Jiang Fei chose a room on the fourth floor.

Lu Yu stayed next door to her.

Before going to bed, Xu Qianyao found Jiang Fei.

"Han Yang and the others were brought to the guesthouse the day before yesterday. Brother Zhang didn't kill them; he just locked them in an empty room out back and starved them, probably to force them into labor."

"I won't let them stay with the Rescue Team. Don't actually do anything; just give them a few beatings."

The Rescue Team members were all government personnel.

He could turn a blind eye and pretend not to see, but other team members wouldn't.

If a team member were to say that Jiang Fei killed someone, it would cause her trouble.

Jiang Fei hummed in agreement, then thud, thud, thud—

Someone was walking downstairs.

It was the male team member with the little boy.

Xu Qianyao turned his head and asked, puzzled, "Why are you two down here?"

The male team member replied, "There are no beds on the top floor, other rooms are taken, and several doors on the fifth floor are broken, making them uninhabitable. We can only come down here to look."

"The guesthouse owner is really stingy. Besides stacking bricks for beds, there are no beds in five or six rooms on the top floor."

Jiang Fei silently closed her door.

She couldn't hear them.

—

The next morning.

Everyone gathered on the third floor, and Yin Jing distributed breakfast.

A bag of bread and a bottle of water.

Yu Xuanjiao, using some unknown method, had appeased Huang Xiaoyuan, and the two were now intimately linking arms.

However, Han Yang and the others' attitude towards Yu Xuanjiao was noticeably much more distant.

At least there are a few normal people.

Jiang Fei thought, then helped the Rescue Team move supplies onto the truck with Lu Yu.

This trip yielded a substantial haul: nearly 200 quilts, over 100 sheets of insulating foam board, 30 wooden boards that could be used for starting fires, 14 cases of mineral water, 12 cases of instant noodles, 11 cases of cup noodles, 6 cases of charcoal, 5 cases of black tea beverages, 5 cases of cured meat, 3 cases of milk powder, 3 cases of soy milk powder, and 2 cases of dried vegetables.

There were also 6 guns and 7 boxes of 50-round bullets, filling more than half of the truck bed.

The remaining space was just enough for the survivors to sit.

Xu Qianyao said, "Yin Jing, take two people to escort the supplies and survivors back to Lincheng. The rest of us will prepare to depart for Zean County."

Yin Jing selected two team members to arrange seating.

The driver's cab, including the driver, could seat a maximum of six people.

Counting Yin Jing and the team members, there were a total of nine people, meaning three had to sit in the truck bed.

Yu Xuanjiao was the first to say, "I get carsick. If I don't sit in the front, I'll throw up everywhere."

Upon hearing this, Yin Jing could only let Yu Xuanjiao sit in the driver's cab.

If the supplies were soiled by her, how could other survivors use them?

Han Yang volunteered, "I'll sit in the truck bed."

The little boy also walked towards the truck bed, as did several other male students.

No one wanted to sit with Yu Xuanjiao.

Yu Xuanjiao's smile faltered a bit, and she couldn't help but glare at Jiang Fei.

If Jiang Fei hadn't taken out the self-heating hot pot to eat and tempt people, would she have been unable to resist going over to ask, and then gone crazy?!

Noticing someone watching her, Jiang Fei looked up.

Yu Xuanjiao had already gotten into the driver's cab with Huang Xiaoyuan.

Seeing Yin Jing go to retrieve a chair from the truck bed, Jiang Fei walked over, "Do me a favor."

"Leak my address to Yu Xuanjiao."

"After it's done, come to Yulan Garden, 22nd floor, and I'll give you supplies as compensation."

Based on her understanding of Yu Xuanjiao, the other party wouldn't give up on her, a fat sheep.

With food and being a member of the Rescue Team, Yu Xuanjiao would definitely find a way to locate her and latch onto her again.

It was only interesting when people were playing tricks right under her nose.

Yin Jing didn't agree immediately, "That girl seems to have mental problems. It wouldn't be safe for you to let her come to your place."

Jiang Fei said earnestly, "As fellow students, I can't bear to see my junior sister suffer."

Yin Jing: "..."

I actually believed her.

Out of six students, you only pity one?

Yin Jing saw through it but didn't say anything, "I'll help you with this. You don't need to give me supplies; you saved me yesterday, so consider it me repaying your favor."

Jiang Fei: "Okay."

Everyone was ready, and Yin Jing started the truck and drove towards Lincheng.

Two pickup trucks and an empty truck went in the opposite direction.

Zean County was frozen more severely than Taiping Town and Lincheng, with ice reaching up to the fourth floor of residential buildings, and most structures were covered in frost.

Corpses encased in ice were visible everywhere.

Jiang Fei's in-car walkie-talkie crackled.

Xu Qianyao said, "Zean County has a total of three Hospitals. We each have a vehicle, so we'll split up to look for medicine."

"After searching all the Hospitals, we'll search other places."

"Which Hospital do you want to go to..."

Da da da—!

The sudden sound of machine gun fire erupted.

Two off-road vehicles sped towards the Rescue Team, their sunroofs open, each mounted with a heavy machine gun.

Jiang Fei immediately pulled out a submachine gun from her backpack and returned fire through the car window.

A team member shouted, "Captain! The truck bed has been hit!"

Xu Qianyao yelled, "Retreat! Their firepower is too intense! Don't engage them head-on!"

Lu Yu grabbed the walkie-talkie, "You guys take the small road to the south."

As he spoke, Lu Yu pressed the accelerator and said to Jiang Fei, "I'll catch up to Captain Xu's car in a bit, and you go to his car."

These people were "rats."

They were probably here to hunt him down, and he couldn't implicate his neighbors and innocent people.

Jiang Fei frowned slightly, not understanding why Lu Yu was acting so strangely, then boom—!

With a deafening roar, the pickup truck was lifted by a fierce wave.

The ice surface instantly shattered into pieces.

Lu Yu quickly reached out and shielded Jiang Fei in his arms, and at the same time, the airbags in the car deployed.

Accompanied by violent shaking, the car crashed down heavily.

Cracked ice clattered onto the roof of the car, and the windows cracked.

Jiang Fei could clearly feel the ice shards hitting her back, her ears were ringing, and her body was jolted so painfully that it felt like it was falling apart.

Feeling the hand on her head loosen, Jiang Fei struggled to sit up.

A pungent smell of smoke permeated the air.

They were in an ice crater that had been blown open, about four meters below the ice surface.

The roof of the pickup truck was caved in, the tires were flat, and the car doors were also blown open, rendering it completely totaled.

Lu Yu's condition was similar to Jiang Fei's, except his goggles were shattered, scratching the skin around his eyes, and a trickle of blood seeped out, making him look a bit frightening.

Fortunately, they were bundled up and wearing seatbelts, so neither sustained serious injuries.

"Cough... can you still move?"

Jiang Fei moved her legs and arms, confirming there were no fractures or breaks: "Yes, how about you?"

"I'm fine."

"The roof is severely damaged now; no one can stand on it. I'll go look in the truck bed to see if there's any rope."

The airbags gradually deflated, and just as Lu Yu unbuckled his seatbelt and was about to get out of the car, Jiang Fei suddenly knocked him out with a hand chop, leaving him unconscious in the seat.

Then, she got out, helped Lu Yu out, put on both their backpacks, and retreated to the edge of the ice pit.

Estimating that the area was fine, she took out a large tractor from the Supermarket warehouse and flattened the pickup truck with a crunch.

The tractor was 4.5 meters tall, a bit higher than the ice surface.

The ice was too slippery, and using climbing gear would be very strenuous.

She preferred to climb the tractor.

Facts proved that Jiang Fei's choice was very correct.

The tractor was not only easy to climb but also not slippery.

Dragging the unconscious Lu Yu onto the ice surface, Jiang Fei then put away the tractor.

The ice surface had many ice pits of varying sizes blown into it, and the two off-road vehicles were nowhere to be seen.

Xu Qianyao and the truck had driven faster than them, so it was unclear if they had taken the small road and escaped, or if they had also fallen into an ice pit.

Jiang Fei took out two submachine guns, one in each hand, and searched each ice pit one by one, when she suddenly heard an angry curse—

"Are you an idiot?!"